Update Default Domain Policies, 4/2

Please see the following scheduled Information Technology Services (ITS) maintenance process:

Date: Thursday, April 2, 2026

Start Time: 8 p.m.

End Time: 10 p.m.

The following work is being completed: ITS is upgrading group policy for HTTP packets to allow large Kerberos tickets to be integrated into the packets.

All affected groups: ad.wsu.edu and mgthub.local forest computers

All affected processes: ITS will be making this change via group policy to the following domains: ad.wsu.edu, vetmed.wsu.edu, riverpoint.ad.wsu.edu, mgthub.local. The following registry keys will be created:

  • Hive HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    • Key path SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\HTTP\Parameters
    • Value name MaxRequestBytes
    • Value type REG_DWORD
    • Value data 0xFFFE (65534)
  • Hive HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    • Key path SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\HTTP\Parameters
    • Value name MaxFieldLength
    • Value type REG_DWORD
    • Value data 0x65534 (415028)

Duration of impact: There is no expected impact from this change on existing processes. Computers will begin using the new packet size upon the next reboot of the machine.

Necessary follow-up steps: None

Questions? Please contact Crimson Service Desk at crimsonservicedesk@wsu.edu or 509-335-4357.